Landscaping Supervisor
Your tasks
- Plan, coordinate and supervise daily gardening and landscape maintenance activities.
- Assign duties to gardeners, monitor productivity and ensure all assigned areas are properly maintained.
- Identify tropical ornamental plants, flowering shrubs, palms, trees and groundcovers, and understand their maintenance requirements.
- Interpret and independently execute approved landscape designs and planting arrangements.
- Supervise pruning, hedge trimming, lawn maintenance, irrigation, watering, fertilisation and soil preparation.
- Identify plant diseases, pests, nutrient deficiencies and environmental problems, implementing appropriate corrective measures.
- Conduct daily garden inspections and maintain excellent aesthetic and cleanliness standards.
- Train gardeners in plant identification, planting methods and proper horticultural practices.
- Conduct daily staff performance assessments that contribute to the monthly Staff of the Month programme.
- Maintain gardening tools, equipment, plant inventories and maintenance records.
- Prepare daily and weekly operational reports.
- Implement landscaping designs and planting standards approved by the creative director in coordination with the facility manager.
Requirements
- A minimum of an HND in horticulture, agriculture, crop science, botany, plant science, landscape architecture or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of practical experience in horticulture, landscaping or grounds maintenance.
- Previous experience supervising gardening or landscaping teams.
- Excellent knowledge of tropical ornamental plants, soil management, irrigation, plant health and landscape installation.
- Ability to independently execute landscaping projects with minimal supervision.
- Strong leadership, communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Basic computer literacy and reporting skills.
- Experience maintaining resorts, hotels or luxury residential estates is an advantage.
What we offer
Additional Information
- Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
- Shortlisted applicants will undergo a practical horticultural assessment to demonstrate plant identification, technical competence and landscaping skills.